§ 20-30-5-5 — Morals instruction

Indiana § 20-30-5-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 30: CURRICULUM
• Ch. 5: Mandatory Curriculum

Text

(a) Each public school teacher and nonpublic
school teacher who is employed to instruct in the regular courses of
grades 1 through 12 shall present the teacher's instruction with special
emphasis on:
(1) honesty;
(2) morality;
(3) courtesy;
(4) obedience to law;
(5) respect for the national flag and the Constitution of the State
of Indiana and the Constitution of the United States;
(6) respect for parents and the home;
(7) the dignity and necessity of honest labor; and
(8) other lessons of a steadying influence that tend to promote and
develop an upright and desirable citizenry.
(b) The secretary of education shall prepare outlines or materials for
the instruction described in subsection (a) and incorporate the
instruction in the regular courses of grades 1 through 12.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-10.1-4-4.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.43-2021, SEC.98.